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Archive for January 15th, 2010
UPDATE: Weekly FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending January 8, 2010
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates15 Jan
During week 1 (January 3-9, 2010), influenza activity continued to decrease in the U.S. 139 (3.6%) specimens tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories and reported to CDC/Influenza Division were positive for influenza.
MMWR: Interim Results: Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccination Coverage – United States, October – December 2009
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates15 Jan
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) January 15, 2010 / Vol. 59 / Early Release
UPDATE: CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths in the United States, April – December 12, 2009
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates15 Jan
CDC has updated its estimates of the total number of 2009 H1N1 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States since April, 2009
UPDATE: Influenza and Pneumonia-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths from August 30, 2009 to January 9, 2010
Author: CDC H1N1 Flu Updates15 Jan
Overall flu activity in the United States decreased during the week of January 3-9, 2010, as reported in FluView. Though flu activity, caused by either 2009 H1N1 or seasonal flu viruses, may rise and fall, it is expected to continue for several more months. Supply and availability of the 2009 H1N1 vaccine have increased dramatically, CDC is now encouraging everyone who has been patiently waiting to receive the 2009 H1N1 vaccine to get vaccinated at this time.
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 – update 83
Author: Pandemic (H1N1) 200915 Jan
As of 10 January 2010, worldwide more than 208 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 13554 deaths.
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MedPage Today Flu & URI
- Pandemic Flu Strain Will Be Component of Seasonal Vaccine July 30, 2010As expected, the U.S. flu vaccine for next fall will include the pandemic flu that has swept the world, the FDA said. […]
- Pandemic Strain Dominated Most Recent Flu Season July 29, 2010Pandemic H1NI influenza was almost the only type of flu virus circulating in the U.S. during the 2009-2010 flu season -- and it disproportionately affected younger age groups, according to the CDC. […]
- Prospects Improve for Universal Flu Vaccine July 16, 2010A novel DNA-based influenza vaccine strategy successfully immunized mice and ferrets against infection with multiple flu strains, suggesting that future flu vaccines may not have to be reformulated every year. […]
- FDA Warns Consumers About Fake Tamiflu Online June 17, 2010WASHINGTON -- The FDA warned consumers Thursday to be alert for websites selling a fake "generic" version of the flu drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu), which may be dangerous to patients allergic to penicillin. […]
- CDC: SCID is Contraindication for Rotavirus Vaccine June 10, 2010ATLANTA -- Rotavirus vaccine should not be given to infants with severe combined immunodeficiency, according to new CDC guidance. […]
- Pandemic H1N1 Flu Similar to Seasonal Influenza June 9, 2010The pandemic H1N1 influenza virus is similar to seasonal influenza A viruses in terms of viral shedding, symptoms, and household transmission, researchers in Hong Kong found. […]
- Individuals, Like Communities, Face Drug Resistance May 19, 2010Primary care patients prescribed an antibiotic for a urinary tract or respiratory infection consistently developed resistance to that antibiotic lasting as long as one year, a British meta-analysis revealed. […]